ABEOKUTA – HUNDRED of supporters of former President Ibrahim Babangida yesterday had a rough time in the hands of students who disrupted the commissioning of the IBB campaign organisation and also prevented them from embarking on a road show. Many had to scale fences of buildings to escape while others took refuge in nearby buildings […]

FIVE persons comprising a soldier, policeman, two prison warders and a civilian were, Tuesday night, confirmed dead following an attack on Bauchi prison by members of an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, while 759 inmates at the prisons were set free.

Federal Government’s grant of duty waivers to an importer to bring more than 500,000 tonnes of rice into the country has come under fire as stakeholders in the rice sector are kicking against it.

Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) will statutorily be required to issue International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) based financial statements at the end of December 31st 2014 as they will key into the recently launched Roadmap to the adoption of IFRS in Nigeria by the Federal Government come January 1, 2014.

Women entrepreneurs from various sectors of the economy will converge next month in Abuja, courtesy of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Business Women Group (NAWORG).

AFRICAN Institute for Applied Economics (AIAE), has identified recipes for increasing the size of the economy by N50 trillion in the next three years, and for attaining 11 per cent Gross Domestic Products (GDP) per annum.

Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Sani Abdulahi Lulu and his ‘co-conspirators’, Amanze Uchegbulam, Taiwo Ogunjobi and Bolaji Ojo-Oba are to spend the sallah celebration behind bars as they failed to meet bail conditions of a trail court

Nigeria’s up and coming sprinter, Ogho-Oghene Egwero yesterday blew away the field at the ECOWAS Games holding in Abuja, when he ran 10.10 seconds to win the men 100m gold.

THE Ijaws of Warri from the three local government areas in Delta State, yesterday declared that there is no vacancy in Government House, Asaba, as they passed a vote of confidence in Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan as their preferred candidate for the 2011 election, in view of his outstanding performance and representation.

Traditional rulers in Bayelsa State, who are in the habit of administering their domains from exile have been urged to retrace their steps, as the state government will no longer condone royal fathers who abdicate their responsibilities.

Eagles defender Onyekachi Apam has called on the Nigeria Football Federation to rethink on the issue of making Samson Siasia coach of the Eagles.

Chelsea coach, Carlo Ancelotti said that midfielder, John Obi Mikel has improved tremendously. He added that Mikel was a contributory factor to the 13 goals, the Blues have scored so far this season.

The crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation has not gone down well with former national team coach, Paul Hamilton. Hamilton, a former Nigeria international who after his active days went into coaching is not happy over what he termed as “the scramble for the sole of Nigerian football, particularly, the Nigeria Football Federation.”

AKWA Ibom State Deputy Governor, Engr. Patrick Ekpotu, has denied allegations in the media, that he planned to resign because the State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, was not disposed to fielding him as running mate in the 2011 elections.

Commuters on the ailing East-West road were yesterday stranded for several hours, as Opokuma axis of the road was completely cut off .